[Imc] New virus - beware
Kranich, Kimberlie
Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu
Tue Jul 24 15:13:50 UTC 2001
Beware, friends, of a new computer virus that could strike you at home.
It's legit. says my computer administrators at work. See email exchange
below.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: O'Dear, Laurie
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 9:45 AM
To: Kranich, Kimberlie
Subject: RE: Virus
Hi Kimberlie -
I didn't see this, but yes, this is a real virus. The virus program on the
mail server has already caught this one several times. People at WILL don't
have to worry here at work - the mail server catches all email viruses. But
anyone with a home computer should make sure their virus scan software is
the latest version.
Laurie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kranich, Kimberlie
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 9:23 AM
> To: Mirzaei, Farzo; O'Dear, Laurie
> Subject: Virus
>
>
> Did you see this? Is it something others should know about?
> Is it legit?
>
> kak
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MichaelP [mailto:papadop at PEAK.ORG]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 9:00 AM
> To: cag at PEAK.ORG; ykboo at PEAK.ORG; grc at PEAK.ORG
> Subject: [grc] listcop message
>
>
>
> There a worm going round
>
> See
> http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html
>
> ===========
>
> The sophisticated SirCam is a strain of the Love Bug and Anna
> Kournikova
> worms which caused havoc for businesses earlier this year.
>
>
> SirCam randomly selects files from a computer's hard drive
> and emails them
> to everyone in the machine's address book.
>
> The email asks the recipient to give their advice on the
> attached document
> and the virus spreads when this is opened.
>
>
> It comes as an attachment with an e-mail but it's clever, not
> only does
> it scoop up confidential documents on your computer it sends them to
> everybody in your address book.
>
> SirCam was first spotted last week and is more difficult to contain
> because it changes the message in the email subject line every time it
> attacks a new computer - using the name of the file taken
> from the hard
> disk.
>
> Experts are warning all users to double-check any email they
> receive, even
> if it comes from a usually reliable source.
> The message ...
> First line: Hi! How are you?
> Second line: a choice of things like -I send you this file in order to
> have your advice
> Last line: See you later. Thanks
> ... comes in spanish or english
>
> But, as usual, this worm attacks only Windoze systems
> like * Windows 95/98 * Windows NT/2000
>
>
>
>
>
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